or really too many voters needing their votes bought by the career politicians using borrowed money. Democracy doesn't work, which is why we're supposed to have a republic. To fix the current mess and return to the founder's original design, raise the voting age to 35, require land ownership, end women's suffrage, charge a $1 poll tax.
Rather than “require land ownership” I’d be ok with “be a net payer of taxes.”
We have too many voting for a living with no skin in the game.